diff --git a/configure.win b/configure.win
index 65415d92..1f66e1c7 100755
--- a/configure.win
+++ b/configure.win
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env sh
-sh ./configure_win
+sh ./configure
diff --git a/configure_win b/configure_win
deleted file mode 100755
index 87fb3528..00000000
--- a/configure_win
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-
-# adapted from https://github.com/tidyverse/purrr/blob/main/configure
-
-# Check that this is not just ./configure. We need to run this
-# from R CMD INSTALL, to have the R env vars set.
-
-if [ -z "$R_HOME" ]; then
-echo >&2 R_HOME is not set, are you running R CMD INSTALL?
-exit 1
-fi
-
-# Find the R binary we need to use. This is a bit trickier on
-# Windows, because it has two architectures. On windows R_ARCH_BIN
-# is set, so this should work everywhere.
-RBIN="${R_HOME}/bin${R_ARCH_BIN}/R"
-
-"$RBIN" --vanilla --slave -f tools/configure.R